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What happened in history on this day: January 9?
On January 9 in ...
- 1941 - Columbia Broadcasting System gives its first demonstration of small-screen color television; the TV failed miserably.
- 1959 - CBS TV debuts the western TV series Rawhide, starring Clint Eastwood.
- 1968 - The ABC TV network airs the first It Takes a Thief 60-minute adventure TV show in the USA.
- 1973 - The NBC TV network airs the last The Bold Ones TV show in the USA.
- 1984 - First "Where's the beef?" TV ad for Wendy's restaurants airs, spoken by elderly actress Clara Peller.
- 1989 - The Pat Sajak Show TV show debuts on CBS TV.
- 1996 - NBC airs the first episode of TV show 3rd Rock from the Sun.
- 1999 - NBC airs the first episode of TV show Providence.
- 2001 - ABC-TV airs first episode of reality TV show The Mole, hosted by Anderson Cooper.
- 2007 - CBC TV debuts comedy TV show Little Mosque on the Prairie in Canada.
Births on January 9
- 1898 - Birth of Vilma Banky in Budapest, Hungary; silent screen actress (Eagle, Rebel).
- 1915 - Birth of Anita Louise in New York City, New York, USA; actress (My Friend Flicka).
- 1915 - Birth of Fernando Lamas in Buenos Aires, Argentina; actor (Run for Your Life TV show, It Takes a Thief TV show, Mission Impossible TV show, The Mod Squad TV show, Switch TV show, The Love Boat TV show).
- 1917 - Birth of Herbert Lom in Czechoslovakia; actor (The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Dorian Gray).
- 1925 - Birth of Lee Van Cleef in New Jersey, USA; actor (For a Few Dollars More, Escape from New York).
- 1935 - Birth of Bob Denver in New Rochelle, New York, USA; actor (Dobie Gillis, Gilligan - Gilligan's Island).
- 1940 - Birth of Jimmy Boyd McComb in Missouri, USA; actor/singer (Howard - Bachelor Father).
- 1941 - Birth of Susannah York in London, England; actress (A Man for All Seasons, Tom Jones, We'll Meet Again).
- 1942 - Birth of K Callan in Dallas, Texas, USA; actress (This House Possessed, Splendor in the Grass, Martha - Lois and Clark).
- 1943 - Birth of Kathryn Walker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Beacon Hill, Barbara - Another World).
- 1945 - Birth of Harun Farocki; actor/director (Nicht loeschbares Feur).
- 1946 - Birth of Leo Gullotta; actor (Sinbad of the Seven Seas).
- 1955 - Birth of J.K. Simmons; actor (The Closer, Law and Order).
- 1956 - Birth of Kimberly Beck Hilton in Glendale, California, USA; actress (Kim - Peyton Place).
- 1965 - Birth of Joely Richardson; actress (Nip/Tuck).
- 1968 - Birth of Joey Lauren Adams; actress-director (Second Noah, Married With Children).
Deaths on January 9
- 1936 - John Gilbert, actor (Love, Downstairs), dies at age 40.
- 1975 - John Slater, actor (Deadlock, Three on a Spree), dies at age 58.
- 1975 - Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Monsieur Vincent), dies at age 77.
- 1987 - Death of Arthur Lake at age 81 of a heart attack; actor (Dagwood - Blondie movies and radio shows).
- 1992 - Death of Steve Brodie at age 72 of cancer; supporting actor (Desperate, Bodyguard, sheriff - Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)).
- 1995 - Death of Peter Cook at age 57 from gastrointestinal bleeding; English comic/actor (Peter n' Dud, Beyond the Fringe, Bedazzled).
- 1997 - Death of Jesse White AKA Marc Weidenfeld of a heart attack at age 80; actor (Maytag Repairman in commercials, Private Secretary, Make Room for Daddy, Bedtime for Bonzo).
- 2006 - Death of Don Stewart at age 70 of lung cancer; actor (Mike Bauer - Guiding Light).
- 2022 - Death of Bob Saget at age 65, found dead in his hotel room in the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Florida, USA of blunt head trauma; comedian, actor (Full House TV show), host (America's Funniest Home Videos TV show).
- 2022 - Death of Dwayne Hickman at age 87 in Los Angeles, California from Parkinson's disease complications; actor (The Many Lives of Dobie Gillis).
- 2023 - Death of Melinda Dillon at age 83 in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Mrs. Parker - A Christmas Story movie (1983), Absence of Malice movie (1981), The Prince of Tides movie (1991), Close Encounters of the Third Kind movie (1977)).
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